R J Funkhouser Honored At Birthday Party And Race
Special to The Star reports R J Funkhouser the Jefferson benefactor will be honored at a birthday party and horse race at The Star Terrace. George Mullen arranged the gathering with friends and business associates, highlighting Funkhouser’s rise from small town roots to leading Victor Products and regional development.
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Don 'Rentch
Town
Raymond IF
Hera
House Nation
George
Flicker” Mullen
Charles Town
Leah
Alaskan Neighbor Referenced in Scattered Clues
A fragmented list mixes place names and terms such as Alaska and Belgian river with scattered hints. The text includes references to a goddess from Vedas and various labels like crowd boat rover and network island, forming an opaque puzzle fragment rather than a coherent report.
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Sea Rover
Mother Pleads With Cubans For Life of Son
Mrs Lippert seeks clemency for her son Ronald Lippert 30 held in Cuba smuggling case. She mailed a letter to the Canadian External Affairs Department asking it be sent to Cuba as a mother's plea. Ronald Lippert and William Milne were arrested in Havana on October 24 and Cuba's Fidel Castro said they are CIA agents on a sabotage mission and would be executed.
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Kitchener
Ont
Ronald Patrick Lippert
Exoe
Cuba
Offiat
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Antique Musket Fatal to Virginia Youth
William Howard Johnson aged 14 was killed when a 12 gauge muzzle loading antique musket discharged striking his face. His 11 year old brother Roger was holding the weapon which hung over the mantle at their home on a 150 acre farm owned by Mr and Mrs H B Johnson of Rt 15 Haymark et.
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William Howard Johnson
William
Roger
H. B. Johnson
Rt. 15
Haymarket
Private College Seeks Ruling on Negro Students
Sweet Briar College in Virginia asks lawyers for a ruling on lifting 1900 will restrictions that limit admission to whites. The board voted to pursue a legal decision and expressed willingness to admit qualified students regardless of race.
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Sweet Briar, Va
Sweet Briar College
Indiana Fletcher Williams
Orange Park Officials Address Town Hall Lighting Costs
Residents complained about lights left on outside the new municipal building. Vice Mayor Hoyt Cotney said Jacksonville pays the bill under a contract, providing free electricity for Orange Park town hall.
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Orange Park
Fla
Hoyt Cotney
Jacksonville
Municipal Electric Department
Cane Treaty Reenactment Held At Daniel Boone Festival
A Cane Treaty reenactment takes place in Barbourville Kentucky during the Daniel Boone Festival. The treaty provided free Cumberland River cane to the Indians in gratitude for their friendship to pioneers.
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Barbourville
Kentucky
Laos Premier Returns Home After Soviet Peace Assurances
Premier Souvanna Phouma left Moscow for Laos with Premier Khrushchev pledging Soviet support for peaceful moves in Southeast Asia. The AP report notes backing from the Soviet Union and Britain amid security considerations.
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Associated Press Moscow
Souvanna Phoma
Laos
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Britain
Shenandoah Supervisors Defend Tax Hike
The six member Shenandoah board faced election as officials defended a tax increase. The supervisors raised real estate rate from 16 to 25 percent per hundred yet lowered the dollar rate from 2.60 to 2.40, boosting owner bills about 44 percent while reducing personal assessment to 40 percent. The move followed a summer surplus and a prior deficit, with the goal of a balanced 1964 budget.
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Theering
Olyem
Miller
County faces surplus debate over limited financial recourse
The text notes months of discussion and the county’s reliance on operating from a surplus, with an expected surplus of 50,000 dollars as the financial recourse.
Call Today At Low Rates For Long Distance Service
Advertises affordable long distance calling with emphasis on low today rates. Positions service as the next best thing to being there and urges readers to act now.
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